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Shackled

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adj. Restrained by shackles, chained.

v. Simple past tense and past participle of shackle.

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adj. bound by chains fastened around the ankles

Word Usage

"But there was never a chance, never a moment, when he might run free of a cage about him, of the walls of a room restricting him, of a chain shackled to the collar about his throat."

Verb Form

shackled shackles shackling

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

bar hold restrain confine

Cross Reference

restrain couple restraint coupling

Variant

drawlink draglink

Hyponym

manacles handcuff handcuffs manacle fetter

Form

D shackle harp shackle green pin shackle

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

stubble gyve fetter clevis impede

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Spackle cackle crackle grackle hackle

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

manacle handcuff leash yoke fetter